Crikey!

Hello Dearest Friends and Family!

You've got a very happy Elder emailing you today! Ghana is really starting to grow on me!

First off:

Kumasi was great! I got to go to KFC while I was there and it was fantastic. Also, mid-transfer training was really good! President and Sister Cosgrave spent a lot of time emphasizing the importance of using the Book of Mormon with our investigators. This was a huge relief to myself and many other Elders in the mission, as that seems to be a hard concept for some of the African Elders to grasp...they LOVE their New Testament. Also, while I was there I got to weigh myself again and I've already lost 10 pounds since I left the MTC! So that was pretty crazy to find out. #dontworrymomimnotstarving #itsallthatbikeriding

Elders Morford and Henderson at mid-transfer training in Kumasi

Also, I'm sure many of you have been wondering what I miss the most since leaving the states (Aside from all you lovely people). And the answers are as follows:
    
     Contact lenses
     American food in general
     Temple attendance 

So there you have it. Those are the things I missed the most this week. Also, for those of you interested in knowing this...we lost water again last Tuesday and we haven't gotten it back since. #dontworrymomimnotdying Our good old handyman Brother Abraham has been supplying us with tanks of water so we've been doing just fine. I'm starting to get really good at taking bucket baths.

Because we were in Kumasi most of the week I don't really have any updates proselyting wise...we were not able to get any new investigators this week. But in the little contacting we did, we did have a Muslim tell us he wants to come to church and ask for our number. He said he wants us to teach him and "maybe we can convince him to be baptized." So we just might be scheduling an interview with him and the Zone Leaders pretty soon. His name is Brother Muhammad. #gofigure

This Sunday we had a special broadcast to the Africa West area where Elder Clayton (Presidency of the Seventy), Elder Dube (Of the Seventy), Sister Stevens (First Counselor Relief Society) and Elder Stevenson all spoke. It was really good! The general theme of the broadcast was that the Doctrine of Christ helps you through hard times. And basically that by adhering to Christ's teachings He will make your burdens light. I can testify that that is true! Oh boy, can I testify that that is true!

Last thing! We had our Zone Activity today! We went up to the Paga Crocodile Pond and took some pretty legit pictures with a crocodile! It was sick! Paga is right on the Northern border of Ghana and it was kinda funny because after we were done our driver started going north and we accidentally left the country for a few minutes...#whoops. There was also a very nice man sitting next to me on the trotro who gave me very detailed instructions on how to get through Mali and Libya into Spain. #themoreyouknow

Example of a trotro (an old van used for public transportation)

 

I love you all!